10 Tech Things You Need To Know This Morning

It's Labor Day here in the U.S., which means a slower news day. Still, you need to know stuff. Here is that stuff:

• Photos of Samsung's smartwatch leaked. It looks like a tiny smartphone for your wrist. However, there's a report that those images are of a prototype.

• A new BlackBerry board member says it needs to give up on fighting Apple, Samsung, and Google, and settle for being a "niche" player.

• Microsoft might make some massive move like either an acquisition or a spinoff.

• LG has an iPad Mini rival.

• Inside Marissa Mayer's rise and fall at Google.

• Verizon is buying out Vodaphone's stake in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion.

• John Gruber's advice to Nintendo: Make Mario Kart for iOS, and sell it for $15-$20.

• A look back at the Life and Awesomeness of Bill Gates.

• We have a big feature on homelessness in Silicon Valley that you don't want to miss.

• The DEA is getting access to the phone data of AT&T customers.